Sunday poem: Doctor*

 When the phone rings in the night to tell him someone’s died

Frauds (freuds) 3: The Encyclopaedia of Liars and Deceivers*

Robinson Crusoe teaches the bear to dance.

Women

In fact, women are all perverse by nature.

Sunday Flash: Float like a butterfly*

      

Harry knows how to get the lad moving.

‘An outrageous tissue of foolish fancies and lies’ *

Crane Mansions is now available in the Amazon Kindle store.

*Marcel Hogue

 

 

 

Graham Joyce: October 22 1954-September 9 2014

‘Why can’t our job here on earth be simply to inspire each other?’

Perelmania: fish

I know a man who keeps an ocelot

Sunday Slice: Crane Mansions

 Crane Mansions will be available, initially for Kindle,  in a few weeks. Here is a taste from the opening of the book.

Weasel Words* – Absolute fact

 

Philip Hensher: The Emperor Waltz

Ian McEwan recently came under fire in The Guardian for his comment that he often felt the need to use his “blue pencil” on the big books that are being produced today.